Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-29
the Rising sonsand Daughters OF Hope,
of King William county.
Ky Mr.. A. Fulkerson TO incorpo-
ratethc Bristol Coal and Iron Company.

By Mr.. Curlett To fix the remunerl-
ton of visitors and boards Of public in
stitutions.
BY Mr.. Tillar: To authorize State
and county officials to give other than
personal security for their Official
bonds.
BY Mr.. Curlett: For the relief OF
Samuel p. Gresham. OF Lancaster
county.
BY Mr.. Hay: For the relief of Mrs.
Sophia Avis.
BY MIR. Bolen: To relieve b. II.
White and others from al erroneous
assessment of land.
BY Mr. Turner To give aid to the
widows and orphans of citizens who
lost their lives during the late war while
in the service of the Confederate States.
BY Mr.. Peters Petition of Mount
Bethel Lodge, G. o. G. IT,, in Henry
county, asking that the local-option law
of the Commonwealth be not repealed
BY Mr.. Roberts To authorize the
Board of Visitors of the Southwestern
Lunatic Asylum to contract with the
town Of Marion for water for use OF
said town.
BY same TO incorporate the Marion
Land Agency and improvement Com
pany.
by Mr.. Childress To incorporate
the Virginia Mining and Improvement
Company.
BY Mr. Terry To empower the trus-
tees of Bacon school district, Charlotte
county, to use surplus county school
funds belonging to said district for the
purpose of purchasing, erecting, andre
pairing buildings for school purposes.
BY Mr.. Martin: Petition of citizens
of Norfolk county in opposition to the
repeal of the local-option law
BEvIsEBs OF THE CoDE-ADDIrIoNAL
PAY.
Mr.. Munford introduced the follow
ing:
Reffenoctrd byfIe General s<mbly Of Virginia
That $500 ne. and the Same Is hereby, appro-
priatcd out Of any money I'm the Treasury not
otherwise Appropriated as additional compen-
sation TO he paid tho revisers OF tho Code and
tie clerk of the said reviscrs for their services
In pursuance OF the act approved March Is,
1894, entitled an oct TO revise and digest
the Code and Statutes OF Virginia. AMI
OF the Aforesaid sum s., 800 shall be paid
20 Waller X. Staples, L. C. Burks, and
John W. Rieley. tho reyisers Aforesaid, and
1000 20 J. j. johnson, the clerk aforesaid, upon
tho warrant o. the Executive, so soon rs tho
work Of tho reyisers is complete.
Referred to the Committee for Courts
of Justice.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Leave of absence was granted Mr..
Holiday, of Louisa, three days Mr..
Dupuy, of Prince Edward, one day
Mr.. Fulkerson, of Washington, six
days ; Mr. Mayo, of Westmoreland, four
days Mr.. Dabney. of Albemarle, one
day Mr.. SchOolfel6. of Pittsylvania,
one day; and Mr.. Lightner, Of Au
gusta, one day.
THE CONTESTED OYSTER BILL.
The special committee composed of
Messrs. Arnold and wilkins made the
following report, which explains itself:
The special committee appointed 10 invo3t-
gate tho apparent discrepancy existing be-
tween chapter 4a6 Of the Acts Of Assembly Of
1855 and the journal Of the House OF Dele
gates Of said session. referred 70 in resolution
offered by Mr. Wise March IS, 1877, respectfully
report n at they have performed that duty,
does show that chapter 436, approved March @,
1886, and said journal seem not 20 correspond
az 70 the thirteenth amended section OF tho
oyster bill but from the testimony tak0n by
said committee, as witnessed by Messrs. Leroy
II. Shields, George L. Borum, and Colonel
George A. Martin, it appears that that portion
Of the thirteenth cectiOn OF said oct complain
cd Of by Mr.. X. A. Wise as not being part OF
tho amendment offered by him on the floor OF
the House and agreed TO, oS shown by the re-
cord OF the Houge, was embraced In another
or other sections Of the substitute and there
fore rot stricken out by the amendment OF Mr..
Wise. II will be seen that Mr. Wises sub
siiiute for the thirteenth section appears in tho
published Acts OF Assembly. tho explanation
being that In engrossing the substitute-which
was done during the session Of the House-it
was Doubtless suggested to the Clerk, who en-
crossed the same, % ADJ 10 Mr.. Wise's amend
mont another or other clauses OF tho substitute
which were embodied In other parts OF said
substitute, but properly belonging TO said thir-
teenth section, and which had been agreed 10
by the House. The bill passed with the sub
stitute after the substitute had been properly
CngIos-ed, as tho Journal will shOT-the on
crossed and enrolled bills being identical.
ResOirSd. That the committee DO discharged
from the further consideration Of tho bill.
A substitute report was presented by
Mr.. Wise, chairman of the committee,
which was rejected, and the one given
above, after general discussion, WAS
adopted.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To amend the Code in relation to
turnpike companies.
TO incorporate the Prince William
Improvement Company.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To aid in the suppression and exter
patton of pleuro pneumonia and other
contagious diseases among domestic
animals.
To incorporate the Mineral Railroad
Company.
TO incorporate High Point Academy, |
in Grayson county.
To incorporate the Abingdon Coal |
and Iron Railroad Company.
TO incorporate the Clinch-Valley |
Railroad Company.
To authorize the Charlottesville |
Wcollen- Mills to increase its capital
stock and to legalize certain acts of
said company.
To incorporate High Point Academy, |
Grayson county.
TO authorize and direct the Secretary |
of the Commonwealth to certify records
for use III other States.
To legalize certain acts and proceed
ings of the Board of Supervisors of the
county of Essex.
TO regulate the printing and binding
of the Virginia Supreme Court of APP
peals Reports, and TO amend and re-
enact the Code of 1873, rs amended by
subsequent acts.
To authorize the Board OF Superb
sors of Page county to increase the
salary of the judge OF said county.
THE CHILDREN OF HENRICo.
Mr.. Waddill introduced bill pIo-
viding that citizens in the county of
Henrico who own property in the city
of Richmond may send their children
TO the free schools of Richmond.
Referred to the Committee on
Schools.
Adjourned at P. NJ.
william II. TFaycrs Dead.
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